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| Malcolm Turnbull signs NDIS agreements with Mike Baird and Daniel Andrews – politics live | |
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| 2.09am BST02:09 | |
| Malcolm Turnbull is asked about the effects test, the competition policy change that the National party and the small business minister Bruce Billson is pushing for. | |
| Turnbull says it will go to cabinet. | |
| 2.06am BST02:06 | |
| Ministry decisions are coming later, says Malcolm Turnbull, but “kind of you to ask”. | |
| 2.03am BST02:03 | |
| The arithmetic of the NDIS: | |
| According to Mitch Fifield, the NDIS is a a $22bn a year operation. | |
| Rest assured, we are fully committed to funding the NDIS, says Fifield. | |
| Updated at 2.06am BST | |
| 1.54am BST01:54 | |
| Daniel Andrews: | |
| There is a group of politicians sitting up here but it is not our day, this is a day for those who have campaigned for so long to deliver this sort of equity, this empowerment, this justice for those in our community who have every right to expect the fair go that the National Disability Insurance Scheme will offer them. | |
| Andrews gives a shout out to the federal minister Mitch Fifield’s role. | |
| FYI, Fifield held the line against budget cuts in the Abbott government. Fifield is also a key supporter of Turnbull. | |
| Updated at 2.04am BST | |
| 1.52am BST01:52 | |
| Mike Baird: | |
| This is an incredibly exciting day. It is great to be here with the PM, as indeed one of his first actions [is] to bring into effect the most significant social policy this country has done in a long time. Very proud to be here supporting it and I should acknowledge the role of the former prime minister who, in opposition, said this should be above politics, absolutely should be above politics. | |
| Updated at 1.55am BST | |
| 1.50am BST01:50 | |
| Malcolm Turnbull is speaking now about the NDIS. | |
| The agreements we are signing give certainty to around 140,000 people with disabilities in NSW and around 105,000 people with disabilities in Victoria. The agreements also give certainty to their families, who will receive help from the NDIS. The roll-out will be carefully managed to ensure the delivery of an NDIS that stands the test of time. | |
| Updated at 1.54am BST | |
| 1.39am BST01:39 | |
| Malcolm Turnbull is coming up shortly to sign a National Disibility Insurance Scheme (NDIS) agreement with NSW premier Mike Baird and Victorian premier Daniel Andrews. | |
| Updated at 1.54am BST | |
| 1.38am BST01:38 | |
| As you may know from yesterday, Ray Hadley is conducting a witch hunt of sorts to determine who voted for Malcolm Turnbull. | |
| This is the latest. | |
| Ray Hadley just hung up on Liberal MP John Alexander because he wouldn't declare who he voted for in a secret ballot. | |
| 1.35am BST01:35 | 1.35am BST01:35 |
| In the Hockey flurry, I failed to post this, from Daniel Hurst on Chafta. | In the Hockey flurry, I failed to post this, from Daniel Hurst on Chafta. |
| The trade minister, Andrew Robb, has addressed the House of Representatives to introduce the enabling legislation to bring into effect the China-Australia free trade agreement (Chafta). | |
| He explains the legislation as follows: | He explains the legislation as follows: |
| The Customs Amendment (China-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2015 amends the Customs Act 1901 to implement Australia’s obligations under Chapter 3 of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (Chafta). | |
| Chapter 3 sets out the rules of origin criteria and related documentary requirements for determining the eligibility of goods to obtain preferential tariff entry into Australia under the Agreement. The complementary Customs Tariff Amendment (China-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) bill 2015, will amend the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to set out Australia’s tariff commitments under the agreement. | |
| Robb is at pains to emphasise the lack of legislative amendments relating to migration or employment laws, in light of the campaign by the Labor party for greater safeguards to protect Australian jobs. | Robb is at pains to emphasise the lack of legislative amendments relating to migration or employment laws, in light of the campaign by the Labor party for greater safeguards to protect Australian jobs. |
| He says: | He says: |
| These quite modest bills represent the only legislative amendments that the parliament will need to pass to allow the government to bring Chafta into force … this puts a lie to many of the actions we have seen, the misrepresentations, the mistruths, the deliberate scaring of people across the community that has occurred, led by the CFMEU and the ETU and others. | |
| Robb hopes “common sense will prevail” and there will be a return to bipartisanship on trade deals. | Robb hopes “common sense will prevail” and there will be a return to bipartisanship on trade deals. |
| (On that note, the Labor leader, Bill Shorten sought to reach out to Malcolm Turnbull to resolve the free trade issue on Tuesday, writing to the new prime minister seeking a meeting to discuss Labor’s proposals for jobs safeguards. Shorten said he believed “complementary safeguards” could be formulated without delaying the agreement’s timely implementation, and it would be best to find a bipartisan approach.) | (On that note, the Labor leader, Bill Shorten sought to reach out to Malcolm Turnbull to resolve the free trade issue on Tuesday, writing to the new prime minister seeking a meeting to discuss Labor’s proposals for jobs safeguards. Shorten said he believed “complementary safeguards” could be formulated without delaying the agreement’s timely implementation, and it would be best to find a bipartisan approach.) |
| Updated at 1.43am BST | |
| 1.29am BST01:29 | 1.29am BST01:29 |
| Hockey is asked to explain to voters why the leadership change was necessary. | Hockey is asked to explain to voters why the leadership change was necessary. |
| My message is the worse thing you can do is see a change of government. We had six years of Labor. It was bad in policy, bad in principle. They did some things right but they did a hell of a lot of damage to the country. We are collectively doing our best to improve Australia and we will continue to do it. | My message is the worse thing you can do is see a change of government. We had six years of Labor. It was bad in policy, bad in principle. They did some things right but they did a hell of a lot of damage to the country. We are collectively doing our best to improve Australia and we will continue to do it. |
| 1.26am BST01:26 | 1.26am BST01:26 |
| Hockey: I have always been loyal and supportive of leaders | Hockey: I have always been loyal and supportive of leaders |
| Joe Hockey says he has had discussions with Malcolm Turnbull on portfolios and that is all he can say. He goes back to his loyalty to Abbott. | Joe Hockey says he has had discussions with Malcolm Turnbull on portfolios and that is all he can say. He goes back to his loyalty to Abbott. |
| As all of you know, and you see it all, I am instinctively a loyal person. You know that. And I see the job that I have as being loyal to the Australian people. That is why I am doing my job. It’s what I’m here for, to be loyal to the Australian people, to do what is right for them. And in relation to prime ministers, I have always been loyal and supportive of leaders. And that is not going to change. I’m sorry, but I don’t disclose discussions. | As all of you know, and you see it all, I am instinctively a loyal person. You know that. And I see the job that I have as being loyal to the Australian people. That is why I am doing my job. It’s what I’m here for, to be loyal to the Australian people, to do what is right for them. And in relation to prime ministers, I have always been loyal and supportive of leaders. And that is not going to change. I’m sorry, but I don’t disclose discussions. |
| Updated at 1.30am BST | Updated at 1.30am BST |
| 1.23am BST01:23 | 1.23am BST01:23 |
| Joe Hockey is asked whether he will revisit the superannuation laws and the bank deposit tax, given Tony Abbott (who ruled them out) is now gone. He says it’s up to Malcolm Turnbull. | Joe Hockey is asked whether he will revisit the superannuation laws and the bank deposit tax, given Tony Abbott (who ruled them out) is now gone. He says it’s up to Malcolm Turnbull. |
| Are you gutless not to resign from the ministry? | Are you gutless not to resign from the ministry? |
| No. | No. |
| Updated at 1.27am BST | Updated at 1.27am BST |
| 1.21am BST01:21 | 1.21am BST01:21 |
| About online purchases, how is that going to work? Is there going to be some obligation for companies to do it or are you asking them nicely? | About online purchases, how is that going to work? Is there going to be some obligation for companies to do it or are you asking them nicely? |
| Joe Hockey: | Joe Hockey: |
| This is the challenge. A number of countries around the world have introduced this equivalent legislation in relation to online purchases. There are companies like Amazon and Facebook and others that are prepared to work with countries wherever they may be located to apply consumption taxes, should that country request it. That is because they don’t pay the tax themselves, it’s their customers that pay the tax. So I am absolutely confident, and the commissioner might add, that those sorts of companies will work with the tax office to apply GST to their sales in Australia. | This is the challenge. A number of countries around the world have introduced this equivalent legislation in relation to online purchases. There are companies like Amazon and Facebook and others that are prepared to work with countries wherever they may be located to apply consumption taxes, should that country request it. That is because they don’t pay the tax themselves, it’s their customers that pay the tax. So I am absolutely confident, and the commissioner might add, that those sorts of companies will work with the tax office to apply GST to their sales in Australia. |
| Updated at 1.26am BST | Updated at 1.26am BST |
| 1.18am BST01:18 | 1.18am BST01:18 |
| Back to multinational tax avoidance and GST on online goods (which will be introduced in coming weeks), Australian Tax Office (ATO) commissioner Jordan is calling for the media to acknowledge the leadership of treasurer Joe Hockey on this issue. | Back to multinational tax avoidance and GST on online goods (which will be introduced in coming weeks), Australian Tax Office (ATO) commissioner Jordan is calling for the media to acknowledge the leadership of treasurer Joe Hockey on this issue. |
| I think we should acknowledge the leadership that the treasurer has demonstrated by getting this legislation up into the house because it will give us, it will give us the ATO significant new power to drag back into the Australian tax net income from sales where the economic activity is clearly arising. | I think we should acknowledge the leadership that the treasurer has demonstrated by getting this legislation up into the house because it will give us, it will give us the ATO significant new power to drag back into the Australian tax net income from sales where the economic activity is clearly arising. |
| Updated at 1.18am BST | Updated at 1.18am BST |
| 1.14am BST01:14 | 1.14am BST01:14 |
| Tax office going through residential real estate ownership like a dose of salts | Tax office going through residential real estate ownership like a dose of salts |
| The tax commissioner Chris Jordan says there are 50 people already devoted in his office to checking residential property ownership. They are looking through feeds from a range of departments including data analytics. | The tax commissioner Chris Jordan says there are 50 people already devoted in his office to checking residential property ownership. They are looking through feeds from a range of departments including data analytics. |
| We are seeing examples of very young people who are here on maybe a student visa never having lodged a tax return yet acquiring property of, say, $5m. This does cause us to have some spin-off benefits by being the tax office. We will be looking also where is the income if people have these places rented. How come you have not disclosed income? We will be looking closely at where the source of that income has come from, checking whether it’s untaxed income in Australia or has it come from the proceeds of crime? We will be taking strong action and a lot of our work now is encouraging people to come forward before the first of December to make use of that concessionary penalty regime up until that time. | We are seeing examples of very young people who are here on maybe a student visa never having lodged a tax return yet acquiring property of, say, $5m. This does cause us to have some spin-off benefits by being the tax office. We will be looking also where is the income if people have these places rented. How come you have not disclosed income? We will be looking closely at where the source of that income has come from, checking whether it’s untaxed income in Australia or has it come from the proceeds of crime? We will be taking strong action and a lot of our work now is encouraging people to come forward before the first of December to make use of that concessionary penalty regime up until that time. |
| Updated at 1.16am BST | Updated at 1.16am BST |
| 1.10am BST01:10 | 1.10am BST01:10 |
| Joe Hockey has signed further divestment orders from properties held by citizens of Singapore, Indonesia, the United Kingdom and China. The lowest value purchase price was $265,000, the highest $8.1m. | Joe Hockey has signed further divestment orders from properties held by citizens of Singapore, Indonesia, the United Kingdom and China. The lowest value purchase price was $265,000, the highest $8.1m. |
| 1.06am BST01:06 | 1.06am BST01:06 |
| Joe Hockey is also announcing further divestments in illegal purchases of residential real estate. | Joe Hockey is also announcing further divestments in illegal purchases of residential real estate. |
| There are now over 500 investigations into over $1bn of residential real estate that may be held unlawfully by foreign nationals in Australia. We have already announced seven divestments in relation to property. | There are now over 500 investigations into over $1bn of residential real estate that may be held unlawfully by foreign nationals in Australia. We have already announced seven divestments in relation to property. |
| Hockey says the government is restoring integrity into the system. | Hockey says the government is restoring integrity into the system. |
| Updated at 1.08am BST | Updated at 1.08am BST |
| 1.03am BST01:03 | 1.03am BST01:03 |
| Joe Hockey says he has two announcements. Tax + ? | Joe Hockey says he has two announcements. Tax + ? |
| Updated at 1.03am BST | Updated at 1.03am BST |
| 1.03am BST01:03 | 1.03am BST01:03 |
| Joe Hockey is coming up shortly on the multinational tax avoidance bill but everyone is wondering whether he will resign. | Joe Hockey is coming up shortly on the multinational tax avoidance bill but everyone is wondering whether he will resign. |
| Meanwhile Malcolm Turnbull is appearing shortly as well at a cricket event organised by the former PM’s office. | Meanwhile Malcolm Turnbull is appearing shortly as well at a cricket event organised by the former PM’s office. |
| Updated at 1.03am BST | Updated at 1.03am BST |
| 1.01am BST01:01 | 1.01am BST01:01 |
| I understand Peter Dutton has offered Turnbull his resignation. PM hasn't accepted it yet. If asked to stay, Dutton will stay. | I understand Peter Dutton has offered Turnbull his resignation. PM hasn't accepted it yet. If asked to stay, Dutton will stay. |
| 12.58am BST00:58 | 12.58am BST00:58 |
| Dutton reportedly resigned from ministry | Dutton reportedly resigned from ministry |
| Sky News is reporting that Peter Dutton has offered his resignation from the ministry. | Sky News is reporting that Peter Dutton has offered his resignation from the ministry. |
| More soon. | More soon. |
| Updated at 12.59am BST | Updated at 12.59am BST |
| 12.55am BST00:55 | 12.55am BST00:55 |
| This was Andrews’ announcement. | This was Andrews’ announcement. |
| Preps for 6 flag event #MuralHall Sport or National security? @gabriellechan @GuardianAus http://t.co/x9ZKYtZ0Y8 pic.twitter.com/HnVHMeaKX3 | Preps for 6 flag event #MuralHall Sport or National security? @gabriellechan @GuardianAus http://t.co/x9ZKYtZ0Y8 pic.twitter.com/HnVHMeaKX3 |
| 12.51am BST00:51 | 12.51am BST00:51 |
| First successful air strikes in Syria and by the way, can I keep my job? | First successful air strikes in Syria and by the way, can I keep my job? |
| Shalailah Medhora | Shalailah Medhora |
| Australia has undertaken its first successful airstrikes in eastern Syria against Isis, or Daesh, targets, the defence minister, Kevin Andrews, has confirmed. | Australia has undertaken its first successful airstrikes in eastern Syria against Isis, or Daesh, targets, the defence minister, Kevin Andrews, has confirmed. |
| “Two days ago, Australian hornet fighter aircraft destroyed a Daesh armoured personnel carrier with a precision guided missile,” Andrews said.The news was first broken in a statement issued by the US military, Australia’s partners in the region. | “Two days ago, Australian hornet fighter aircraft destroyed a Daesh armoured personnel carrier with a precision guided missile,” Andrews said.The news was first broken in a statement issued by the US military, Australia’s partners in the region. |
| When asked by reporters why the Australian public had to hear the news from the US government, Andrews answered that he had been planning to include the announcement in his six monthly statement to parliament, due today. | When asked by reporters why the Australian public had to hear the news from the US government, Andrews answered that he had been planning to include the announcement in his six monthly statement to parliament, due today. |
| Andrews, a long-time supporter of former prime minster Tony Abbott, is pushing to keep the defence portfolio in the wake of Monday night’s successful leadership challenge by Malcolm Turnbull. | Andrews, a long-time supporter of former prime minster Tony Abbott, is pushing to keep the defence portfolio in the wake of Monday night’s successful leadership challenge by Malcolm Turnbull. |
| “I think that continuity is quite important in this instance,” he said, adding that the government is “virtually weeks away” from releasing its much anticipated defence white paper. | “I think that continuity is quite important in this instance,” he said, adding that the government is “virtually weeks away” from releasing its much anticipated defence white paper. |
| Updated at 12.55am BST | Updated at 12.55am BST |
| 12.46am BST00:46 | 12.46am BST00:46 |
| China Free Trade Agreement legislation introduced to the house | China Free Trade Agreement legislation introduced to the house |
| Ok, things are moving quickly here. Andrew Robb, trade minister, is introducing the enabling legislation on the controversial China Free Trade Agreement, hereafter known as Chafta. (I will be in trouble with Murph for that.) | Ok, things are moving quickly here. Andrew Robb, trade minister, is introducing the enabling legislation on the controversial China Free Trade Agreement, hereafter known as Chafta. (I will be in trouble with Murph for that.) |
| The opportunities in Asia are spectacular, says Robb. | The opportunities in Asia are spectacular, says Robb. |
| The financial services council says the increased access will create another 10,000 jobs in that area alone. | The financial services council says the increased access will create another 10,000 jobs in that area alone. |
| Robb says the Customs Amendment (China-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) bill 2015 (and associated tariff reduction bill) is the only bit of legislation needed. The government does not need to change the migration act. | Robb says the Customs Amendment (China-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) bill 2015 (and associated tariff reduction bill) is the only bit of legislation needed. The government does not need to change the migration act. |
| Updated at 12.53am BST | Updated at 12.53am BST |
| 12.40am BST00:40 | 12.40am BST00:40 |
| Bill making young unemployed people wait 28 days for benefits reintroduced to the house. | Bill making young unemployed people wait 28 days for benefits reintroduced to the house. |
| Social services minister Scott Morrison has introduced four bills. One of them is the youth employment bill, which would have made young unemployed people wait before they received benefits. | Social services minister Scott Morrison has introduced four bills. One of them is the youth employment bill, which would have made young unemployed people wait before they received benefits. |
| This bill was rejected by the Senate last week. Something is up for it to be reintroduced so quickly. | This bill was rejected by the Senate last week. Something is up for it to be reintroduced so quickly. |
| It is in most part the same bill as the bill rejected by the Senate. | It is in most part the same bill as the bill rejected by the Senate. |
| The key measure is the four-week waiting period for young unemployed under 25 to get benefits. This is a scale back from its first version in the 2014 budget, which wanted a six-month wait. | The key measure is the four-week waiting period for young unemployed under 25 to get benefits. This is a scale back from its first version in the 2014 budget, which wanted a six-month wait. |
| That’s the point where we can have an intervention. That’s the point where we can change a life. | That’s the point where we can have an intervention. That’s the point where we can change a life. |
| It worked in New Zealand, says Morrison. | It worked in New Zealand, says Morrison. |
| Small businesses should not have to compete with the Newstart allowance to get workers, he says. | Small businesses should not have to compete with the Newstart allowance to get workers, he says. |
| Updated at 12.44am BST | Updated at 12.44am BST |
| 12.31am BST00:31 | 12.31am BST00:31 |
| Parliament has resumed and Joe Hockey has introduced the tax laws amendment (combating multinational tax avoidance) bill to the house. | Parliament has resumed and Joe Hockey has introduced the tax laws amendment (combating multinational tax avoidance) bill to the house. |
| The new laws were to target 30 companies to “stop multinationals using complex schemes to escape paying tax”. | The new laws were to target 30 companies to “stop multinationals using complex schemes to escape paying tax”. |
| “Under this new law, when we catch companies cheating, they will have to pay back double what they owe, plus interest,” Hockey told us after the last budget. | “Under this new law, when we catch companies cheating, they will have to pay back double what they owe, plus interest,” Hockey told us after the last budget. |
| Daniel Hurst is poring through the legislation now to work out if anything has changed. Bear with us. | Daniel Hurst is poring through the legislation now to work out if anything has changed. Bear with us. |
| Updated at 12.42am BST | Updated at 12.42am BST |
| 12.09am BST00:09 | 12.09am BST00:09 |
| Greg Hunt on water: my work here is done | Greg Hunt on water: my work here is done |
| Environment minister Greg Hunt just passed the water amendment which capped government buybacks. While Labor has kittens about giving water to the Nationals, Hunt says he did not want water anyways. | Environment minister Greg Hunt just passed the water amendment which capped government buybacks. While Labor has kittens about giving water to the Nationals, Hunt says he did not want water anyways. |
| It wasn’t a portfolio element that I sought but I was asked to have and we didn’t just achieve the outcome, we’ve just had the two greatest years of water reform in Australian history and my work is complete – and in Barnaby, you’ve got somebody who lives in the basin, who has the ear of the farm community, who has had the portfolio, and is a very good man. | It wasn’t a portfolio element that I sought but I was asked to have and we didn’t just achieve the outcome, we’ve just had the two greatest years of water reform in Australian history and my work is complete – and in Barnaby, you’ve got somebody who lives in the basin, who has the ear of the farm community, who has had the portfolio, and is a very good man. |
| Updated at 12.41am BST | Updated at 12.41am BST |
| 11.51pm BST23:51 | 11.51pm BST23:51 |
| Costings of Nationals package: we trust our Liberal brothers and sisters | Costings of Nationals package: we trust our Liberal brothers and sisters |
| Nationals senator Matt Canavan says the families element of the Nationals deal, which will be considered by cabinet, will cost $130m, and if agreed to, it would be funded from the “broader families package”. | Nationals senator Matt Canavan says the families element of the Nationals deal, which will be considered by cabinet, will cost $130m, and if agreed to, it would be funded from the “broader families package”. |
| He points out the movement of the water portfolio amounts to $2.5bn worth of responsibility to agriculture, and thus to the Nats. I would point out that the money has not been increased. It is just moved to a new master. But there will be more funding for mobile black spots, which is a big issue in the bush, and for regional students to study in universities. | He points out the movement of the water portfolio amounts to $2.5bn worth of responsibility to agriculture, and thus to the Nats. I would point out that the money has not been increased. It is just moved to a new master. But there will be more funding for mobile black spots, which is a big issue in the bush, and for regional students to study in universities. |
| All up, the estimates are between $2 and $4 billion. Not everything has been precisely costed at this stage but we have made a high-level agreement, because we trust our Liberal brothers and sisters, and we will work out some of those details in a new government when that is formed. | All up, the estimates are between $2 and $4 billion. Not everything has been precisely costed at this stage but we have made a high-level agreement, because we trust our Liberal brothers and sisters, and we will work out some of those details in a new government when that is formed. |
| Here is Canavan’s reasoning for the stay-at-home parents policy, which he has been pushing for some time. Remember this was the thing that upset the Nats when Tony Abbott was trying to get his “rolled gold paid parental leave” policy up. | Here is Canavan’s reasoning for the stay-at-home parents policy, which he has been pushing for some time. Remember this was the thing that upset the Nats when Tony Abbott was trying to get his “rolled gold paid parental leave” policy up. |
| I’ve been saying for some months that I don’t think the tax system should try and socially engineer parental outcomes. I think it’s very important we give parents the opportunity to stay home and look after their children, particularly when they’re young and it’s really important for the child, too. All research says that if you can spend full-time with new-born babies it makes a big difference and this [initiative] provides a little more assistance for parents with children below one to be able to make that choice, and I’m all about giving parents more choice and giving parents more ability to spend more time with their families. | I’ve been saying for some months that I don’t think the tax system should try and socially engineer parental outcomes. I think it’s very important we give parents the opportunity to stay home and look after their children, particularly when they’re young and it’s really important for the child, too. All research says that if you can spend full-time with new-born babies it makes a big difference and this [initiative] provides a little more assistance for parents with children below one to be able to make that choice, and I’m all about giving parents more choice and giving parents more ability to spend more time with their families. |
| Updated at 12.40am BST | Updated at 12.40am BST |
| 11.41pm BST23:41 | 11.41pm BST23:41 |
| Where’s that big smile Josh? | Where’s that big smile Josh? |
| 11.36pm BST23:36 | 11.36pm BST23:36 |
| The whole world has turned upside down. 2GB broadcaster Alan Jones and Bill Shorten had a little love-in, on the perils of politics and Tony Abbott’s generous spirit. | The whole world has turned upside down. 2GB broadcaster Alan Jones and Bill Shorten had a little love-in, on the perils of politics and Tony Abbott’s generous spirit. |
| Shorten: | Shorten: |
| There is a human dimension which gets sometimes lost in the press coverage and the argument and the toing and froing, and I know his family and I know his staff and I know him and you can’t argue that he didn’t believe in what he was doing at all times. He did. | There is a human dimension which gets sometimes lost in the press coverage and the argument and the toing and froing, and I know his family and I know his staff and I know him and you can’t argue that he didn’t believe in what he was doing at all times. He did. |
| Jones: | Jones: |
| And it’s true what you said, I laughed when you said about your frustration. Just when you were going to get angry with him, something very personal and sometimes quite flattering and gentle would come across the pathway. I don’t know whether it was the Jesuit training or what it was, but there was underneath all that a very generous spirit. | And it’s true what you said, I laughed when you said about your frustration. Just when you were going to get angry with him, something very personal and sometimes quite flattering and gentle would come across the pathway. I don’t know whether it was the Jesuit training or what it was, but there was underneath all that a very generous spirit. |
| Updated at 12.34am BST | Updated at 12.34am BST |
| 11.27pm BST23:27 | 11.27pm BST23:27 |
| Attorney general George Brandis was very fulsome in his reasons for supporting Malcolm Turnbull last night on 7.30 Report and on Sunrise this morning. | Attorney general George Brandis was very fulsome in his reasons for supporting Malcolm Turnbull last night on 7.30 Report and on Sunrise this morning. |
| I think it will probably be remembered as a government that on occasions struggled to explain itself to the Australian people. I, along with a number of my senior colleagues, were becoming very concerned that the situation was becoming irretrievable and that we were at very real peril of losing the 2016 election to the Labor party, which in my view would be a catastrophe for Australia. | I think it will probably be remembered as a government that on occasions struggled to explain itself to the Australian people. I, along with a number of my senior colleagues, were becoming very concerned that the situation was becoming irretrievable and that we were at very real peril of losing the 2016 election to the Labor party, which in my view would be a catastrophe for Australia. |
| Updated at 12.33am BST | Updated at 12.33am BST |
| 11.20pm BST23:20 | 11.20pm BST23:20 |
| Senator Matt Canavan is speaking about the Nationals agreement with the Liberals, under Malcolm Turnbull. | Senator Matt Canavan is speaking about the Nationals agreement with the Liberals, under Malcolm Turnbull. |
| He starts by making a wild claim on deputy prime minister Warren Truss. | He starts by making a wild claim on deputy prime minister Warren Truss. |
| I just want to say I think Warren Truss is the Jarryd Hayne of Australian politics this morning. | I just want to say I think Warren Truss is the Jarryd Hayne of Australian politics this morning. |
| Former environment minister Labor’s Tony Burke says he is horrified that the government has handed water back to the Nats. But Canavan, one of the Nats young turks, says: | Former environment minister Labor’s Tony Burke says he is horrified that the government has handed water back to the Nats. But Canavan, one of the Nats young turks, says: |
| There is always got to be a balance between economic, social and environmental outcomes in the Murray-Darling Basin and one of those important outcomes is to ensure we protect the food production sector. It delivers 40% of our food so everyone can keep getting access to cheap and affordable food. There’s 2 million people who live in the basin. We need to protect their jobs. And of course we need to protect the thousands of wetlands that are in the basin too. But we have done that in a Coalition government. Water used to be in the agricultural department before 2007 and this just returns to what we had then. | There is always got to be a balance between economic, social and environmental outcomes in the Murray-Darling Basin and one of those important outcomes is to ensure we protect the food production sector. It delivers 40% of our food so everyone can keep getting access to cheap and affordable food. There’s 2 million people who live in the basin. We need to protect their jobs. And of course we need to protect the thousands of wetlands that are in the basin too. But we have done that in a Coalition government. Water used to be in the agricultural department before 2007 and this just returns to what we had then. |
| Updated at 12.32am BST | Updated at 12.32am BST |
| 11.09pm BST23:09 | 11.09pm BST23:09 |
| Ministry bets | Ministry bets |
| Barrie Cassidy is reporting that even though Joe Hockey will not stand down, Scott Morrison will be offered the treasury portfolio. Cassidy’s bets include: | Barrie Cassidy is reporting that even though Joe Hockey will not stand down, Scott Morrison will be offered the treasury portfolio. Cassidy’s bets include: |
| Updated at 12.30am BST | Updated at 12.30am BST |
| 11.05pm BST23:05 | 11.05pm BST23:05 |
| Six things Barnaby Joyce could do on water. By the pesky Tony Windsor. | Six things Barnaby Joyce could do on water. By the pesky Tony Windsor. |
| In the course of my live blogging, I have been having a Twitter conversation with former New England independent Tony Windsor. Windsor has been messing with the mind of his successor, the agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce. Given Joyce now has water in his portfolio, he is calling on the minister to use it to do something about the $1.2bn Shenhua Watermark mine on the Liverpool Plains. Windsor is toying with running in his old seat against Joyce. | In the course of my live blogging, I have been having a Twitter conversation with former New England independent Tony Windsor. Windsor has been messing with the mind of his successor, the agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce. Given Joyce now has water in his portfolio, he is calling on the minister to use it to do something about the $1.2bn Shenhua Watermark mine on the Liverpool Plains. Windsor is toying with running in his old seat against Joyce. |
| @pnank @gabriellechan @The_Nationals If Joyce gets water he can't hide behind his "done everything I can " excuse on Liv Plains groundwater | @pnank @gabriellechan @The_Nationals If Joyce gets water he can't hide behind his "done everything I can " excuse on Liv Plains groundwater |
| @gabriellechan @pnank @The_Nationals The Water Trigger relates to mining and CSG - his Ministry can prevent Shenhua proceeding | @gabriellechan @pnank @The_Nationals The Water Trigger relates to mining and CSG - his Ministry can prevent Shenhua proceeding |
| @gabriellechan @pnank @The_Nationals He could request a full risk profile of cumulative risks to water on the LIv Plains including Shenhua | @gabriellechan @pnank @The_Nationals He could request a full risk profile of cumulative risks to water on the LIv Plains including Shenhua |
| @gabriellechan @pnank @The_Nationals He could use the balance of power to declare the LP a no go zone due to high risk to water | @gabriellechan @pnank @The_Nationals He could use the balance of power to declare the LP a no go zone due to high risk to water |
| @gabriellechan @pnank @The_Nationals He could have a serious conversation with Malcolm about cross over points re Water Act & water trigger | @gabriellechan @pnank @The_Nationals He could have a serious conversation with Malcolm about cross over points re Water Act & water trigger |
| @gabriellechan @pnank @The_Nationals He could seek mentoring as Bob Baldwin did from Malcolm on how water leg works & relates to M Darling | @gabriellechan @pnank @The_Nationals He could seek mentoring as Bob Baldwin did from Malcolm on how water leg works & relates to M Darling |
| Updated at 12.29am BST | Updated at 12.29am BST |
| 10.55pm BST22:55 | 10.55pm BST22:55 |
| There is a whole lot of King is Dead, Long Live the King going on this morning. Finance minister Mathias Cormann, a staunch Abbott supporter, has just done a doorstop, talking about the leadership change as “ancient history”. | There is a whole lot of King is Dead, Long Live the King going on this morning. Finance minister Mathias Cormann, a staunch Abbott supporter, has just done a doorstop, talking about the leadership change as “ancient history”. |
| I look forward to doing everything I can to support the new leader, to support Malcolm Turnbull. I support unequivocally the new leader. I’m a team player. It is incumbent for all of us to unite behind the leadership team of Malcolm Turnbull and Julie Bishop. All of this is now ancient history ... I think all of us now need to put the past behind us. | I look forward to doing everything I can to support the new leader, to support Malcolm Turnbull. I support unequivocally the new leader. I’m a team player. It is incumbent for all of us to unite behind the leadership team of Malcolm Turnbull and Julie Bishop. All of this is now ancient history ... I think all of us now need to put the past behind us. |
| Josh Frydenberg, the assistant treasurer and Abbott supporter, looks a little glum on ABC 24. He is one of the rising stars of the government but presumably he is one of a number of Abbott supporters who await their ministry fate. He is trying to smile though, when asked about the poll bounce. | Josh Frydenberg, the assistant treasurer and Abbott supporter, looks a little glum on ABC 24. He is one of the rising stars of the government but presumably he is one of a number of Abbott supporters who await their ministry fate. He is trying to smile though, when asked about the poll bounce. |
| I mean there is, you know, rolling polls in this business that we’re in of politics, but certainly Malcolm Turnbull is off to a good start. He performed very well in parliament yesterday. I don’t think Labor put a glove on him and clearly we’ve now got an agreement with the National party which is important because we are a coalition and we will get on and continue to prosecute our economic and national security agenda. | I mean there is, you know, rolling polls in this business that we’re in of politics, but certainly Malcolm Turnbull is off to a good start. He performed very well in parliament yesterday. I don’t think Labor put a glove on him and clearly we’ve now got an agreement with the National party which is important because we are a coalition and we will get on and continue to prosecute our economic and national security agenda. |
| Updated at 12.28am BST | Updated at 12.28am BST |
| 10.46pm BST22:46 | 10.46pm BST22:46 |
| Just by the by, the United States “central command” says Australian fighter jets have dropped their first bombs inside Syria. Turnbull will have to get his head around that one. | Just by the by, the United States “central command” says Australian fighter jets have dropped their first bombs inside Syria. Turnbull will have to get his head around that one. |
| Remember, he met with the director general of security, Duncan Lewis, straight after his first leadership meeting yesterday. | Remember, he met with the director general of security, Duncan Lewis, straight after his first leadership meeting yesterday. |
| Updated at 12.27am BST | Updated at 12.27am BST |
| 10.44pm BST22:44 | 10.44pm BST22:44 |
| Lenore Taylor has written a fabulous profile of the new PM here, dubbed the Malcolm Experiment. Here is a taste: | Lenore Taylor has written a fabulous profile of the new PM here, dubbed the Malcolm Experiment. Here is a taste: |
| Australians have high hopes for the Turnbull experiment. A snap poll on his first day as prime minister suggested he is the preferred PM for 70% of the nation. He has at most a year to vindicate the voters’ confidence and also to justify the wrenching decision made by his colleagues on Monday – to do what they had always criticised the Labor party for doing: overthrowing a first-term prime minister in the dead of night. | Australians have high hopes for the Turnbull experiment. A snap poll on his first day as prime minister suggested he is the preferred PM for 70% of the nation. He has at most a year to vindicate the voters’ confidence and also to justify the wrenching decision made by his colleagues on Monday – to do what they had always criticised the Labor party for doing: overthrowing a first-term prime minister in the dead of night. |
| 10.41pm BST22:41 | 10.41pm BST22:41 |
| Malcolm Turnbull is still finalising his ministry and that announcement is expected at the weekend, along with the Canning byelection. Remember that? | Malcolm Turnbull is still finalising his ministry and that announcement is expected at the weekend, along with the Canning byelection. Remember that? |
| Our friends at Crikey have reported the Reachtel poll – with the then hypothetical leadership of Malcolm Turnbull. | Our friends at Crikey have reported the Reachtel poll – with the then hypothetical leadership of Malcolm Turnbull. |
| The Poll Bludger, William Bowe reports yesterday: | The Poll Bludger, William Bowe reports yesterday: |
| A ReachTEL poll conducted in the electorate as the action unfolded last night found the Liberal lead at its usual 52-48, but that this would blow out to 57-43 if Malcolm Turnbull was leader. Under the assumption of Tony Abbott’s leadership, Andrew Hastie had 45.3% of the primary vote, Matt Keogh 36.4%, and the Greens 7.4%. Three earlier Reachtel polls had Hastie between 46.5% and 47.3%, Keogh between 33.0% and 35.5%, and the Greens between 8.0% and 9.6%. The respondent-allocated two-party preferred result is 52-48 to Hastie, suggesting a preference share of a bit under 40% – quite a bit higher than the 25% or so of earlier Reachtel polls, but still below the 2013 result of 48%. | A ReachTEL poll conducted in the electorate as the action unfolded last night found the Liberal lead at its usual 52-48, but that this would blow out to 57-43 if Malcolm Turnbull was leader. Under the assumption of Tony Abbott’s leadership, Andrew Hastie had 45.3% of the primary vote, Matt Keogh 36.4%, and the Greens 7.4%. Three earlier Reachtel polls had Hastie between 46.5% and 47.3%, Keogh between 33.0% and 35.5%, and the Greens between 8.0% and 9.6%. The respondent-allocated two-party preferred result is 52-48 to Hastie, suggesting a preference share of a bit under 40% – quite a bit higher than the 25% or so of earlier Reachtel polls, but still below the 2013 result of 48%. |
| In other words, the Liberals are expecting an immediate poll bounce from the Turnbull leadership. If only we could see the Liberal strategist Mark Textor’s numbers. | In other words, the Liberals are expecting an immediate poll bounce from the Turnbull leadership. If only we could see the Liberal strategist Mark Textor’s numbers. |
| Updated at 11.40pm BST | Updated at 11.40pm BST |
| 10.29pm BST22:29 | 10.29pm BST22:29 |
| Good morning blogans, | Good morning blogans, |
| The most interesting thing on the ReturnBull era - as my colleague Katharine Murphy calls it - is the juggling act the new prime minister is undertaking to balance all the interests in the Liberal-National coalition. | The most interesting thing on the ReturnBull era - as my colleague Katharine Murphy calls it - is the juggling act the new prime minister is undertaking to balance all the interests in the Liberal-National coalition. |
| On the top of the list was the Coalition agreement with the National party. | On the top of the list was the Coalition agreement with the National party. |
| The main point is that responsibility for water goes from the environment portfolio to agriculture. | The main point is that responsibility for water goes from the environment portfolio to agriculture. |
| The interesting thing to remember is most of the deal is predicated on cabinet consideration. Cabinet must consider – but not necessarily act on – the following: | The interesting thing to remember is most of the deal is predicated on cabinet consideration. Cabinet must consider – but not necessarily act on – the following: |
| The Nationals have obviously been reading trade agreements because the deal includes a side letter, with commitment to maintaining current conservative policies on climate change and a plebiscite on same sex marriage after the next election. More on those in a moment. | The Nationals have obviously been reading trade agreements because the deal includes a side letter, with commitment to maintaining current conservative policies on climate change and a plebiscite on same sex marriage after the next election. More on those in a moment. |
| There is a whole lot of commentary around this morning so I will give you a touch of that in a moment. Join us on the Twits @gabriellechan and @mpbowers. Let’s hit publish. | There is a whole lot of commentary around this morning so I will give you a touch of that in a moment. Join us on the Twits @gabriellechan and @mpbowers. Let’s hit publish. |
| Updated at 11.39pm BST | Updated at 11.39pm BST |